Political Quotes

“I have been here before, and what I am about to say I have said before, but I have said it about a different segment of the population. Normally when I take to this mike, it is to talk about immigrants, but if you were to just replace the word ''immigrants'' with the words of ``young people'' who are desperate for counseling and guidance and some attention, whether they are gay, lesbian, or not, then you have heard what I am going to say before. This amendment, is portrayed as one thing, but if it were to pass, I guarantee it would do another. Members, please, read the language of this amendment. See if you can define its separate provisions. See if you can come up with some definitions for what it says. See how it will rob our communities of their local control to decide for themselves how they will manage their local school affairs. Notice the chilling effect it will have on schools and school districts that want to provide guidance and counseling. Watch how it will handcuff our schools that receive Federal funds that will be at risk, who will be afraid to receive Federal funds if this amendment passes. And to Members of this body who represent large numbers of minorities, please, read this amendment closely, because it will be the Latino, the Asian American, the black American, the African-American communities that will suffer most from this amendment. I urge those Members to look very closely at this language in this amendment.”